Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-08-14
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Lorenzo West came in from Mount
Valley to-day.
Constable McAdAms went up e
Wells last evening on professional bust
ness and returned this morning.
The party which came down from
Tuscarora brought with them a 6ue loi
of sa5e.hens, killed on the way down
yesterday.
A couple Of passengers on this morn
ing's overland trnin were overheard
praising highly the excellent breakfas,
served at the Depot Hotel.
Bill Nye says: "The earth is the
Lords and the fullness thereof. Some
men 10 not care who own the earth so
long as they get their fu!lness."
ham McCain came down from Hal
leck this morning. He has finished
hsylng, having harvested a good crop
which is all put up in good shape.
1t is proposed by the people Of Truckee
to perPetuate the memory OF the Dom
ner party by erecting IL suitable monu-
ment on the spot where they peiisLed.
Emma Neyada-P slmer in talking to O
reporter about her baby said: 'Oh!
you men don't know what is to be II
mother" No, Emma, AMI We trust we
never will.
Old Lady lin drug store. to small boyI
What am l to take this medicine in,
sonny?
SOnuy-Takei it in your mouth, mum.
Tain't to be rubbed on.
Coroner L. L. Morgan received a dis
patch from ruscarora saying that Jack
Barton had been found dead this morn
ing, supposed to be n case of suicide by
shooting. No particulars were given.
Stanley Taber. a typo in the IXpH.
Office. left this morning for a
months visit to friends aud relations at
Austin. Stanley is q good. steady boy
aud deserves the vacation which We
hope he will enjoy.
A convict says ne was sent to prison
for being dishonest, aud yet he is COM
PEELED every day to cut pieces OF paste
board, which are put between the soles
Of the cheap shoes made there, md
passed of on the innocent public rs
leather.-IEx
Virginia licport:-The Reno Journal
says some very harsh things of the
Comstock press, but. by jimminy, there
is more Truth than poetry in what il
says. Go it, brother Powniug. This
paper will support YOU for Governor
yeti il better than Congress.
A copy of the Investigation Of the
Charges Preferred By Wm Thompson
against DR. Bishop. Superintendent Of
the Insane Asylum, has reached our
table. 1t is n book of 800 pages and
contains the charges, the evidence in
full anu the duliugs OF the Comnis-
siOnCTs.
The Jersey Lily, according to current
rumoI, has bought real estate at nearly
every town in the country except Elko,
and the probabilities are hat she will
lnycs; here in the neal future. We nd.
wise the Lily 10 make haste and take
nn interest in the most healthy and
pleasantly located town in Nevada.
The Pacific Railroad Commission
proposes to flush its examination in
San Francisco this week. Next week
will be gwen the Central Pacific Com
prmy to lay such matters before the
Commission MS it chooses. The entire in-
qniry will close on the 2lst, when the
members 80 to Oregon.
Genoa Courier:-ltubt. md Eva Nc
Ginlcy md j. II. Taylor were here
Monday evening and gave nm excellent
show iii Central Hall. Mckinley and
Taylor nTe n ten.horse team and n pair
Of horses behind the wagon in the show
business. The hall was well filled, and
after tho show there was a dance.
In the same pew in n church ut
Dcs Moln"s, Iowa. sit each Sunday two
women, one Of whom is the widow OF
fonr, and the other OF three ministers.
The Litter is anxious to tnckic another
preacher TO make the score even, but
owing to her previous record dispensers
Of the GOSPEL are n little conscientious
about placing themselves in her keep.
ing.
Amateur Artist ito friend)-whnt do
you think Of it, Charley? Itrcprcscnts
two urchins gathering apples. l call it
"a Day in June"
Friord-well, my opinion is, old boy,
that il those uTchins eat any Of the up.
pies they are gathering in June some
body will have to get up in the middle
OF tho night aud run for the doctor.
GHbc lloslins returned last evening
from q TIP TO Union City. He says the
camp is lively, n large moun Of good
work is being done. and il the results
nrc not satisfactory IL will not be the
fault Of the cnierprising men who have
charge OF affairs at tho new mining
camp. We trust that their most san.
guinc expectations muy DO fully renl-
lied.